Pen-holder.



F. J. GROPENGIESER.

PENHOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16. I9I6.

Patented Sept. 18, 1917.

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PEN-HOLDER...

, Be it known that l, FRED J. GROPENGIESER, a citizen. of the United States, and a 'resident, of Onida, in the county of Sully and State of South Dakota, have invented a certain new'and useful Improvement in Pen-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates generally to pen holders, and more particularly to pen holders of that type in luding pen racks adapted to receive and frictionally hold pens in extended horizontal positions, as well known, and as now in common use, my object being to provide such pen holder with an extended base having means for holding a blotting pad or like absorbent member for catching and retaining ink spattering or dripping from pens immediately upon or after placing pens in the rack.

A. further object of my invention is to so incorporate the construction of the extended base in connection with the construction of the pen holder itself, as to enable production of a complete device in a simple inexpensive manner, and to provide an arrangement which, in its completed form, will obviate practically all danger of ready dis placement or shifting upon a suitable support. and by means of its enlarged area of contact with such support, defeat the usual tendency of such arrangements to tip over upon the support.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates my improvements:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the practical application of my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank utilized in the formation of the arrangement shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 1 through the holder shown in the foregoing figures, and

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2, illustrating a slightly modified form of the invention.

Referring now to these figures, the penholder to which my improvements are attached is, as shown, of that type including an elongated body having an upper concaved seat and outwardly tapering sides, together with a flexible wire rack, as seen at 10, in the several figures, seated in the concave top of the holder and secured at its Specification of Letters Patent.

is a vertical longitudinal section Patented Sept. 18, 191%.

Application filed May 16, sle. Serial No. 97,859.

ends thereto, this rack being formed of coiled wire the con'volutions of which are spaced apart asuitable distance to receive and frictionally' hold a pen, such as indicated at 11 in =l ig. 1 and which it will be noted, projects beyond'the rack in a horizontal position when supported thereby.

In accordance with my invention, I pro- ,vide' such a pen holder with a forwardly extended and preferably rectangular base 12, exceeding in length the length of the holder and provided with suitable means for supporting upon the upper surface of the base, a blottin pad or other suitable absorbent material, as indicated at 13, to catch and retain ink dropping or spattering from' the pen 11.

As shown in Fig. 8, I preferably form the entire device exclusive of the wire rack 10, from a single piece of material having an intermediate section lei'forming the base of the holder, and of which the forwardly projecting base 12 forms an extension at one side, section 1% having relatively folding extensions 15, 16, and 17 at its opposite sides hereafter bent to form the tapering side walls of the body, and having lateral extensions 18 bent to form the ends of the body, the said extensions 15, 16, 17, and 18 being thus adapted, after bending into position, to inclose a sheet core 19 of suitable weightymaterial to avoid undue slipping, sliding, and displacement otherwise of the completed article upon a desk or other suitable support.

As seen further in Fig. 3, the forwardly promoting base portion 12 which with the base 141 of the body, forms a surface ofconsiderable area for contact with the supporting surface, such as a desk or the like, has extended edge portions 20 bent upwardly and over the same to receive the edges of the blotting pad and the like 18, in order sists in rendering the entire device more stable, less likely to tip, and likewise less likely to slide, shift, or otherwise become displaced upon the supporting surface on Which it is disposed.

I claim 1. In a penholder, the combination With a penrack, including a body having lower fiat face, of a base plate beneath said body having extensions at one side forming the side and top Walls of the body, said base plate also having an enlarged rectangular extension at its opposite side projecting forwardly beyond the body, and provided with a plurality of free edges and With upturned flanges at said edges, and an absorbent member on said lateral extension and engaged by the upturned flanges.

2. A combined device of the present character including a pen rack having a body portion, a holder consisting of a plate having pad holding means and having an extension at one side on which the said body of the rack is seated, and having portions bent upwardly around and embracing the sides, ends, and top ofthe said rack body and a pad carried by said holder at one side of the said rack body and engaged by said holding means.

FRED J. GROPENGIESER.

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